The Titanic Memorial Cruise

Alastair Grant | AP photoThe MS Balmoral sets sail during the Titanic Memorial Cruise from Southampton, England, April 8. 100 years after the Titanic went down, a 12-night cruise with the same number of passengers aboard is setting sail to retrace the ship's voyage, including a visit to the location where it sank.Request to buy this photo

ReutersThe MS Balmoral leaves port in Southampton, England April 8. The Titanic Memorial Cruise retraces the voyage of the ill-fated Titanic liner, which hit an iceberg and sank 100 years ago on April 15, 1912.Request to buy this photo

Chris Helgren | ReutersPassengers on the Titanic Memorial Cruise dance to a Belgian string band after departure from Cobh, Ireland, April 9. The ship's authorities decided to cancel scheduled ballroom dancing on April 10 due to rough seas.Request to buy this photo

Lefteris Pitarakis | AP photoPeople enjoy a drink at a pub, decorated with models and paintings of the Titanic, in Cobh, Ireland, the first stop of the MS Balmoral. With 1,309 passengers aboard, the MS Balmoral will follow the same route as the Titanic and organizers are trying to recreate the onboard experience - minus the disaster - from the food to a band playing music from that era.Request to buy this photo

Lefteris Pitarakis | AP photoA shop with a window decorated on the Titanic theme is seen in Cobh, Ireland, the first stop of the Titanic Memorial Cruise.Request to buy this photo

Lefteris Pitarakis | AP photoA window is decorated with a news and a photograph of the Titanic while the MS Balmoral was in Cobh, Ireland.Request to buy this photo

Lefteris Pitarakis | AP photoPassengers of the MS Balmoral Titanic Memorial Cruise Ship pose for pictures in period costume as they visit Cobh, Ireland. The cruise is among an abundance of commemorations and memorials that coincide with the 100th anniversary of the Titanic’s doomed voyage.Request to buy this photo

Lefteris Pitarakis | AP photoA girl plays next to a monument for the Irish immigrants to the United States, as she and her family wait to greet disembarking passengers of the Titanic Memorial Cruise.Request to buy this photo

Lefteris Pitarakis | AP photoA young boy holds a model of the Titanic as he waits to greet the disembarking passengers of the MS Balmoral at its first stop in Cobh, Ireland. Nearly 100 years after the Titanic went down, the cruise with the same number of passengers aboard is setting sail to retrace the ship's voyage, including a visit to the location where it sank.Request to buy this photo

Lefteris Pitarakis | AP photoA painter works on paintings depicting the Titanic while aboard the MS Balmoral. With 1,309 passengers aboard, the MS Balmoral will follow the same route as the Titanic.Request to buy this photo

Lefteris Pitarakis | AP photoPeople walk past a shop in Cobh, Ireland, the first stop of the MS Balmoral Titanic Memorial Cruise Ship, April 9.Request to buy this photo

Lefteris Pitarakis | AP photoMary Beth Crocker, left, and her husband Tom Dearing from Newport Ky. pose for pictures in period costume as they disembark the MS Balmoral Titanic memorial cruise ship at its first stop in Cobh, Ireland.Request to buy this photo

Chris Helgren | ReutersTormod Gaasbakk (R) and Anne Isabel Udbye of Trondheim, Norway arrive from the Titanic Memorial Cruise for a stop in Cobh, Ireland, April 9. The cruise is retracing the voyage of the ill-fated Titanic liner, which hit an iceberg and sank 100 years ago on April 15, 1912.Request to buy this photo

Chris Helgren | ReutersSylvia Chester of Houston, a passenger from the Titanic Memorial Cruise, tours the town of Cobh, Ireland, April 9. The cruise is retracing the voyage of the ill-fated Titanic liner, which hit an iceberg and sank 100 years ago on April 15, 1912.Request to buy this photo

Chris Helgren | ReutersPassengers from the Titanic Memorial Cruise walk toward the old town hall while on a tour of Cobh, Ireland. While on board the MS Balmoral, passengers will dine on meals based around dishes served in April 1912, with a formal dinner on April 13 made up entirely of dishes served aboard the Titanic.Request to buy this photo

Chris Helgren | ReutersNigel (R) and Sonja Lingard of Brackford Green, Norfolk arrive from the Titanic Memorial Cruise for a stop in Cobh, Ireland, April 9. The cruise is among an abundance of commemorations and memorials to the Titanic.Request to buy this photo

Chris Helgren | ReutersPassengers from the Titanic Memorial Cruise view a Titanic memorial while on a tour of Cobh, Ireland April 9. People from 28 countries have booked passage, organizers said, including relatives of some of the more than 1,500 people who died when the Titanic collided with an iceberg and sank on April 15, 1912.Request to buy this photo

Lefteris Pitarakis | AP photoPassengers stand on deck as the MS Balmoral sails from Southampton, England. With 1,309 passengers aboard, the cruise will follow the same route as the Titanic — though the Balmoral had to leave two days earlier than the Titanic did because it is a smaller and slower vessel.Request to buy this photo

Lefteris Pitarakis | AP photoPassengers put on their life jackets during an emergency drill aboard the MS Balmoral. One passenger said, "I don’t think the cruise is morbid. Remembering those who died is not morbid."Request to buy this photo

Chris Helgren | ReutersMaritime artist James Allen Flood of Del Ray Beach, Florida poses with his painting of the Titanic as it would have appeared arriving in New York.Request to buy this photo

Chris Helgren | ReutersA priest gives communion during an Easter Sunday religious service on board the Titanic Memorial Cruise in Southampton, England, April 8.Request to buy this photo

Chris Helgren | ReutersRobert Burr of Southampton, whose grandfather Ewart Burr was a 1st class saloon steward who perished on the Titanic, poses on the bed of a replica Titanic cabin before boarding the Titanic Memorial Cruise in Southampton, England, April 8.Request to buy this photo

Alastair Grant | AP photoA band plays the tune 'Viceroy Tea' as passengers check in for the MS Balmoral Titanic Memorial Cruise in Southampton, England. Organizers are trying to recreate the onboard experience - minus the disaster - from the food to a band playing music from that era.Request to buy this photo